cities and in australia and canada. >>> we're about to take you inside a place few cameras ever go. the center of the united states spy satellite network and after decades of keeping an eye on rival superpowers in just a few days a new generation of spy satellites will be launched to take over the eyes in the sky for america. we have this news edge exclusive. >> reporter: inside the operation center for the national reconnaissance office. >> it can be strenuous. >> reporter: charlotte wilson has her hands full. >> sometimes a lot of phones can be going off at one time depending on what's going on. >> reporter: this is the nerve center of the spy satellite network for america even though most folks haven't heard about it. >> it's okay they don't know. we're delighted to tell our story but we don't advertise what we do. >> reporter: what bruce carlson does is run an agency responsible for launching and operating spy satellite circling the globe. >> it's here that we device the methods and techniques to spy on the other guys in space. >> reporter: with a nation at war, times have chang